Valentine's Day

The past two years now Granmommy has sent the kids a fun Valentine's kit with everything you could possibly think of to use for making home made Valentine's. They made some great Valentine's this year that we passed out at Claire's party next door on Valentine's Day. Thanks Granmommy!

Mia posing with some of her personal favorites. The yellow one was for Lennon and he chose it as his favorite before he knew it was for him. You can still see some of the remnants in this picture of whatever reaction she had to that raw milk. Poor baby. Thankfully it's all gone now with no scars or anything.

I decided too late the night before Valentine's to go buy flowers for the table and all the stores were closed, so I had to make paper flowers for the vase and cut and hang hearts from the ceiling. I got a great little ice dancing outfit for Mia's American Girl doll from some crazy lady on Craigslist for super cheap a couple of days before hand and Lennon had been asking for Buzz Lightyear wall decals. They were both stoked about their gifts.

I got up early and made breakfast before anyone was awake. Chocolate chip waffles for Mia, blueberry for Lennon and coffee for me and Shelby. Well, we had waffles too...with lots of butter.

For lunch the kids had pre picked some heart shaped raviolis and green beans. Mia said early on that this was the best Valentine's Day ever.

A little out of order. This is the day the kids opened their package from Granmommy.

Lennon being silly when I asked him to pose with the box he decorated.

This was one of the first things Mia made from the kit and she cut up an old shirt to make a dress for the little bear too which she then gave to Bianca.

For Dinner, Gaga had sent us a gift card to Cheesecake Factory for V-Day, so we ordered take out and shared two entrees between the four of us, and because it was Cheesecake Factory we even had leftovers. Thanks Gaga!

The kids also both got a card with money in it from Granmommy and Bill which they were so excited about. Lennon is always shocked when people give him money.

It was a pretty awesome Valentine's Day. After breakfast I took the kids to Mom to Mom where we had a speaker talking about the love languages which was a nice little reminder for the day that just because I like things a certain way, not every one receives things in the same way. A friend of mine said she hated the holiday because there was so much pressure to be romantic. I guess I've just never felt that way. I love having a whole day devoted to telling the most important people in my life that I love them and they are special to me and worth a little extra effort, if even just for one day.